exec & binfmt api, elf · Supported

Maintainers

• M Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst
• F fs/*binfmt_*.c
• F fs/Kconfig.binfmt
• F fs/exec.c
• F fs/tests/binfmt_*_kunit.c
• F fs/tests/exec_kunit.c
• F include/linux/binfmts.h
• F include/linux/elf.h
• F include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h
• F include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
• F include/uapi/linux/elf.h
• F kernel/fork.c
• F mm/vma_exec.c
• F tools/testing/selftests/exec/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM2d [PATCH v2 0/5] binfmt_misc: bpf-backed binary type handlers
  2026-07-12 04:08 · 3 replies in 7d · Farid Zakaria <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Harry Yoo <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Gwan-gyeong Mun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yunseong Kim <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-doc (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• WARM2d [PATCH v2 5/5] selftests/exec: add binfmt_misc bpf-backed handler test
  2026-07-12 · Farid Zakaria <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2 2/5] binfmt_misc: add binfmt_misc_ops bpf struct_ops
  2026-07-12 · Farid Zakaria <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2 1/5] exec: stash a bpf-selected interpreter in struct linux_binprm
  2026-07-12 · Farid Zakaria <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v3 08/26] kernel/fork: Annotate static information into meminspect
  2026-07-08 · Mukesh Ojha <hidden>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v2 05/14] kcov: clear dataflow fields on fork
  2026-06-11 · Yunseong Kim <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 13/13] selftests/exec: cover spawn template basics
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 08/13] binfmt_elf: cache ELF metadata for spawn templates
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 02/13] exec: add an internal helper for opened executables
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 01/13] exec: factor argument setup out of do_execveat_common()
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• STALE72d [PATCH v6 02/11] exec: add dirfd parameter to kernel_execve()
  2026-05-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• COLD55d [PATCH v2 07/25] kernel/fork: Annotate static information into meminspect
  2026-03-10 · Mukesh Ojha <hidden>
• STALE167d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v26 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-12-11 · Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay <devnull+debug.rivosinc.com@kernel.org>
• STALE216d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v25 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-12-05 · Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay <devnull+debug.rivosinc.com@kernel.org>
• STALE221d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v25 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-12-05 · Deepak Gupta <hidden>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v18 01/42] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-12-05 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE221d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v24 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-12-04 · Deepak Gupta <hidden>
• STALE174d [PATCH 07/26] kernel/fork: Annotate static information into meminspect
  2025-11-19 · Eugen Hristev <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v23 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-11-13 · Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay <devnull+debug.rivosinc.com@kernel.org>
• STALE245d [PATCH v22 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-10-23 · Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay <devnull+debug.rivosinc.com@kernel.org>
• STALE268d [PATCH v11 mm-new 03/10] mm: thp: add support for BPF based THP order selection
  2025-10-20 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE267d [PATCH v21 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-10-15 · Deepak Gupta <hidden>
• STALE272d [RFC PATCH v10 mm-new 3/9] mm: thp: add support for BPF based THP order selection
  2025-10-15 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE272d [PATCH v20 19/28] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-10-13 · Deepak Gupta <hidden>
• STALE226d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v17 02/47] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-10-02 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE322d [PATCH V1 2/2] mm: document when rmap locks can be skipped when setting need_rmap_locks
  2025-08-26 · Harry Yoo <hidden>
• STALE317d [RFC PATCH v4 6/7] fs/exec: add API specification for execveat
  2025-08-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE138d [PATCH v3 17/22] sched/mshare: mshare ownership
  2025-08-20 · Anthony Yznaga <hidden>
• STALE334d [RFC PATCH v1 4/9] freezer: Set default freeze priority for userspace tasks
  2025-08-07 · Zihuan Zhang <hidden>
• STALE291d [PATCH v19 19/27] riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
  2025-07-31 · Deepak Gupta <hidden>

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• COLD55d [PATCH v2 07/25] kernel/fork: Annotate static information into meminspect
  2026-03-10 · Mukesh Ojha <hidden>
• STALE72d [PATCH v6 02/11] exec: add dirfd parameter to kernel_execve()
  2026-05-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 01/13] exec: factor argument setup out of do_execveat_common()
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 02/13] exec: add an internal helper for opened executables
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 08/13] binfmt_elf: cache ELF metadata for spawn templates
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [RFC PATCH v1 13/13] selftests/exec: cover spawn template basics
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>